Galatians 1:15 BSB — MannaFest

Galatians 1:15

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

BSB

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ASV

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, even from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

KJV

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

Now, that the Word of God forms us in the womb, He says to Jeremiah, "Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew thee; and before thou wentest forth from the belly, I sanctified thee, and appointed thee a prophet among the nations." And Paul, too, says in like manner, "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, that I might declare Him among the nations."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Who separated me from my mother's womb - Set me apart for an apostle, as he did Jeremiah for a prophet. Such an unconditional predestination as this may consist, both with God's justice and mercy. And called me by his grace - By his free and almighty love, to be both a Christian and an apostle.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3202: “'It Pleased God'” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1910)

WE will read the whole verse from which our text is taken—"But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by His Grace." You will perceive, I think, in these words, that the Divine plan of salvation is very clearly laid down. It begins, you see, in the will and pleasure of God—"when it pleased God." The foundation of salvation is not laid in the will of man. "It is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτε	hote	When	G3753 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
εὐδόκησεν	eudokēsen	was pleased	G2106 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
ἀφορίσας	aphorisas	having selected	G873 →
με	me	me	G3165 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
κοιλίας	koilias	[the] womb	G2836 →
μητρός	mētros	of mother	G3384 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
καλέσας	kalesas	having called [me]	G2564 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
χάριτος	charitos	grace	G5485 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
leads to
- Psalms 139:16
  Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
- Isaiah 49:1
  Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
- Galatians 1:15–16
  But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
- Psalms 71:5–6
  For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
- Romans 8:29
  For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
Through
2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:8–9
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- Titus 3:4–5
  But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
Through
Ephesians 1:5
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
leads to
- Romans 8:29–30
  For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Galatians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Galatians